Even with U.S. oversight, AIG keeps secrets

By Ben Protess

Government overseers, all from Wall Street, resist disclosure

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"… ny views they might have on that issue,” Peter Bakstansky, the Trust’s adviser, said in an e-mail responding to Investigative Fund inquiries in January.H …"

Goldman Sachs publicly backs financial reform — while dispatching army of lobbyists

By Adele Hampton

Amid attempts to rein in Wall Street, persuaders safeguard bank’s interests

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"… e Majority Leader Richard Gephardt; Stephen Elmendorf, Gephardt’s former adviser; Ken Duberstien, former chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan; and Jan …"

"… chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan; and Janice O’Connell, former adviser to Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. Go …"

Obama donor weighed asking White House to save Solyndra, emails say

By Matthew Mosk

Emails from Obama bundler George Kaiser show he contemplated pulling government's strings to save solar firm

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"… we do have a contact within the White House that we are working with," an adviser to billionaire Oklahoma oilman George Kaiser writes in an October 6, 2010 …"

"… .Within hours of the release of the internal emails between Kaiser and his advisers, Congressional investigators and administration officials were already di …"

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Town divided over major employer's permission to pollute the air

By Howard Berkes and Sarah Harris

Community in turmoil over cement plant's permission to exceed emissions of hazardous waste incinerators — all perfectly legal

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"… ist Neil Carman, a former inspector for the Texas Air Control Board and an adviser to the Sierra Club. Carman has focused on cement kilns in Texas and had ev …"

Iranian help suspected in secret Libyan chemical weapons arsenal

By R. Jeffrey Smith, Joby Warrick and Colum Lynch

U.S. intelligence agencies investigating Iranian involvement with newly-discovered stash of chemical weapons in Libya

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"… alleged pursuit of weapons of mass destruction.Mohammed Javad Larijani, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader and the brother of Iran's former negotiator on nu …"

FACT CHECK: Crossroads GPS twists facts in Senate ads

By FactCheck.Org

Conservative group makes leaping statements in two ads attacking politicians

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"… l-heeled conservative group founded with the help of former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove and former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie …"

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PAC profile: Cain Connections

By Rachael Marcus

Quick stats on the super PAC, supporting Cain

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"… lking to Roll Call, several sources said it was unclear why a former Perry adviser would start a Cain super PAC. In February, Holm stepped aside as trea …"

FACT CHECK: Gunning down the truth in Michigan

By FactCheck.Org

Exciting race between Romney and Santorum makes for misstatements in Michigan TV ads

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"… ed on a statement by Jonathan Gruber, an MIT economic professor who was an adviser to both Romney and Obama in the formulation of the Massachusetts and natio …"

Pro-Romney super PAC reports more cash on hand than Romney campaign

By John Dunbar

Pro-Romney forces enjoy cash advantage in primaries, but badly trail Obama

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"… ican Crossroads,” a Republican organization founded by Karl Rove, former adviser to former Republican President George W. Bush.Crossroads raised $3.4 milli …"

Crossroads political machine funded mostly by secret donors

By Michael Beckel

Karl Rove-linked political nonprofit releases tax returns, out-raises super PAC sister.

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"… ent of funds raised by two conservative groups associated with former Bush adviser Karl Rove have come from mystery donors, a statistic that shows the increa …"

"… ategies, a nonprofit, were founded in 2010 by Rove and another former Bush adviser, Ed Gillespie. Together, they raised $123 million through the end of 2011, …"

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